"Enshittification as Overproduction" expanded my thinking about why the internet feels worse now than it used to.

medium.com/@ElizAyer/enshittif

Many tech companies have left the (apparent) exponential growth phase and are failing to see it, failing to adjust to the maintenance phase. My emotional posture has also changed, because I depend on the internet now in a way I didn't during the exciting growth phase.

Credit:
* blog posts by my coworker @elizayer
* based upon pluralistic@mamot.fr

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@skiles @elizayer There is no "maintenance phase" in a publicly-traded company, in my experience. When investors only care about cashing out after short-term profits, the company will always be a balloon that gets pumped until it bursts.

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